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Originally Posted by Iphinome
How so? Once something is made available control is lot, a architect can't control what a building is used for or what color paint goes on the walls why should a photographer decide what can be used in a collage?
Rights don't come into existence just because you decide they should. What's your justification for controlling what other people do when nothing has been done to you. You still have whatever you before except perhaps the ability to decide what actions other people can take.
I've not taken anything from you and I consider this quite insulting. I have no interest in your stuff. You are not being personally threatened. What I care about is the greater issue of small numbers of people having the ability to hold up the cultural progress of the whole. My interest is in keeping these unfortunate monopolies short. In avoiding tyranny. Allowing the current generation to draw from the pool of things that came before in a reasonable amount of time just like the previous generation did. You're the one who insists on making this personal against you.
If the goal is not to spur creation then how could creation be anything other than just another job? Are you suggesting that this is a special class of people more worthy than others and entitled to special protections?
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This has nothing to do with buildings. I've already explained the natural rights to something you create. Please pay attention. No one does not lose LOT control, I'm not even sure what that means. Nor does one lose control. That is exactly the point of intellectual property laws in case you missed that.
Again as far as rights. I've explained that. Do you think because you give birth to something you immediately lose the right to it. That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard you say yet.
Can you not tell the difference in the global you and the specific you? If you want insulting just look at some of the things you say to people. If you want to take that as personally speaking to you that is your issue, but I've said this many time and well before you ever showed up here.
I'll say it again so you can think about it some more.
If you take something of mine without my permission, you are a thief.
You are welcome to whatever interest you want and are welcome to state it, but so am I and I completely and totally disagree with your position that the public domain is more important than those people who create the works you want to take from them without fair compensation.
I've explained it before but will say it again, without the authors, artists and other creative people there IS NO PUBLIC DOMAIN. They create the works, that act of creation automatically grants them the right to do whatever they want with that creation, it is not your right to take it from them. The intellectual property laws were put in place to protect those natural rights and as a BYPRODUCT provide a means of sharing that work with the public. I'm sorry you are unable to understand that but it is the reality of the situation. If you don't like it the I will advise you again as I have in the past to go do something to change the laws instead of spouting your opinions here.